Virginia May Help People Pay For Space Burials

PolygamousRanchKid writes "Want to be buried in space? Virginia would help pay for it under proposed legislation that aims to boost the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. The bill, which the General Assembly will debate next year, would provide a Virginia income tax deduction up to $2,500 a year for such burials. Proponents hope the measure will provide revenue for the spaceport, which is expanding because NASA decided to cancel the space shuttle program. The facility, which describes itself as a 'full-service, FAA-licensed spaceport,' is located at Wallops Island on Virginia's coast."

Re:No please.

[anlag]

Perhaps if you'd taken the time to RTFA before rushing to get first post, you'd have realized they're cremated first.

Re:Interesting and all, but

[Anonymous Coward]

The solution is to label yourself a magician, then have the stunt go "horribly wrong."

Re:No please.

[InterGuru]

Even fine cremation ashes at orbital velocity can damage satellites.

Also, if you don't want to DIY

[pem]

The Crestone End of Life Project [crestone-end-of-life.org]

Are you sure you've researched this? You seem to have missed a lot.

Re:Interesting and all, but

[Trepidity]

There's apparently an organization in Colorado that's gotten permits [kindredcommunity.com] to perform open-air cremations on a funeral pyre.

Re:No please.

[khallow]

The article doesn't talk about it, but such cremated remains are encased in a small capsule.